Petrified Lightning - SOLD 3.26" Saharan Fulgurite Shopify Collective Over millions of years

Over millions of years

the creature was much smaller than the rhinos we know today and lacked the iconic horn

000 years to the Silurian Period

90 million years ago

just like life

Petrified Lightning - SOLD 3.26" Saharan Fulgurite Shopify Collective Over millions of yearsAbove: Front of the Specimen Card. When lightning strikes dry sand, the intense heat melts and fuses the silica creating tubes of rough glass called fulgurites. The process happens quickly, often trapping molecules from the surrounding atmosphere inside the walls of the impact tube. These natural time capsules allow scientists to study the composition of ancient climates. This specimen is a 3. 26" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally